going into the knockout stages the world anti doping agency is seeking a four year ban for teenage figure skater kamila valieva and has referred her case to the court of arbritration for sport. the russian skater failed a drugs test in december 2021, she was 15 at the time. details of the result only surfaced after she had won gold in the team event at the beijing winter olympics in february 2022. earlier this year the russian anti doping agency found she bore no fault or negligence for a positive doping test. but wada have called the decision wrong under the terms of the world anti doping code and have appealed. wales coach warren gatland says he s confident strike action from the players can be avoided and that their match against england in the six nations will go ahead on saturday. the game remains in doubt with players threatening to strike in a dispute with welsh rugby bosses over contracts.
throughout the whole process have achieved. the financial concerns impacting men s rugby union in wales remain unresolved, with rugby bosses saying there is no room for manoeuvre when it comes to budgets for player contracts. the possibility of strike action is on the table ahead of a meeting of the body representing players in wales next week after wage cuts were proposed. players at wales four professional teams insist their complaint is around the uncertainty over their immediate futures. bbc wales understands as many as 70 players are out of contract at the end of the season. ospreys head coach toby booth says he understands the players concerns. we keep looking backwards for answers and the answers are not behind us, they are in front of us. the one thing we have to change before we get into the detail is the attitude, the attitude is we have to change now because it s got to a breaking point where 12 months ago it was this and then it was this,
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